LOUDON, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI will investigate a fatal shooting involving officers with the Loudon City Police and county deputies on Thursday. Their preliminary report found that officers were serving a warrant at a business for an employee. They…
ATLANTA (AP) - Gov. Brian Kemp’s plan to pay $1.6 billion worth of state income tax refunds is advancing. The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously to pass House Bill 1302 on Thursday, sending it to the full House…
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A lawsuit backed by the Tennessee Democratic Party seeks to block new Republican-drawn redistricting maps for the state House and Senate. The challenge filed in Davidson County Chancery Court by three…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville and its bishop have been named in a lawsuit alleging that sexual abuse allegations against a former employee weren’t investigated properly. News outlets report that the complaint filed Tuesday in…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia senators are advancing bills that would let Georgia public school parents opt their children out of school mask mandates and would bar many state and local agencies from requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Both measures passed…
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - David Perdue in his race for Governor of Georgia is proposing term limits for statewide elected officials in Georgia. The former U.S. Senator is running against current Governor Brian Kemp in the Republican Primary. His proposal…
MARYVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI is taking over the case of an officer-involved shooting in the Maryville area on Tuesday afternoon. They say the Blount County Sheriff's Office got a call about a suspicious person behind a home around…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The Knox County School Board chose an internal option this evening over a candidate from Bradley County to be there next superintendent. Dr. Linda Cash from the Bradley County…
The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting were found guilty of federal hate crimes Tuesday for violating Arbery’s civil rights and targeting him because he was Black.
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — They chased, shot and killed a running Black man who was unarmed and committed no crimes, and left a trail of racist text messages and…
DAHLONEGA, Ga. (AP) - A $10,000 reward is being offered in hopes of finding a man who stormed into a north Georgia gold mine and made off with about $100,000 worth of gold, cellphones, money and jewelry from the mine's…
DADE COUNTY, Georgia (WDEF) - A wildfire in Dade County is fully contained but not before it destroyed 136 acres, according to forest firefighters. Georgia Forestry says the fire started yesterday afternoon around…
SEVIERVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The entertainment and tourist project in Sevierville is drawing some international attention. Knoxville media outlets report that the operators of the second most visited theme park in France are visiting East Tennessee. They have their sites…
WAVERLY, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI has issued an endangered child alert for two young children. Humphreys County authorities believe that the non-custodial mother has taken 2 year old Scarlett Tarpy and brother 1 year old Adonis Goff. They do…
ATLANTA (AP) - A Georgia state Senate committee has advanced a proposal for the state to prohibit social media platforms from removing or censoring content. Tuesday's vote moves the measure to the full Senate for more debate. It comes amid…
Prosecution witnesses were to retake the stand Wednesday in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. (more…)
ATLANTA, Georgia (WDEF) - The Board of Regents has picked former Governor Sonny Perdue to lead the University of Georgia system. The full board still must confirm the selection in a vote. Tuesday's selection comes after a year long, nationwide…
Tennessee lawmakers passed a ban Monday against instant runoff voting in elections, which is also known as ranked choice voting.
HICKMAN, Ky. (AP) - A flock of commercial broiler chickens in Kentucky near the Tennessee border has tested positive for avian influenza. According to a news release, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is for the first time endorsing a separate agency hiring election investigators. The plan will overlap what the Republican says is his own underfunded investigation unit. Raffensperger on Monday also called…
MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WDEF) - A former church official was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse of a girl. Michael D. Lewis pleaded guilty to statutory rape charges. The abuse happened between 2014-16 when Lewis was…
MADISONVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The TBI will investigate an officer-involved shooting in Monroe County overnight. If happened in the city of Madisonville around midnight. Police say they were called to deal with a suicidal person who was trying to cut…
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WDEF) - The FBI is posting photos of a bank robbery suspect who has hit a number of banks in Tennessee and Alabama. The 8 robberies fan out around Chattanooga, but none were in our area. The…
ATLANTA (AP) - Georgia lawmakers are advancing two measures meant to limit public school students’ access to inappropriate or obscene materials. A House subcommittee on Thursday passed a bill to tighten standards preventing schoolchildren from using school computers or internet…